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4 degrees added across campus, 3 business degrees closed

By Elizabeth Hurley | Summer Editor | June 9

The Auburn University Board of Trustees added four degrees to four colleges across campus and closed three Harbert College of Business degrees Friday morning.

Design rendering of the site plan for the recreation field expansion project.

Trustees OK $17 million rec field expansion

By Elizabeth Hurley | Summer Editor | June 8

The expansion is slated to be completed before the start of the fall 2019 semester.

Board of Trustees votes to raise tuition, housing costs to fund housing project

By Elizabeth Hurley | Summer Editor | June 8

The Auburn University Board of Trustees voted Friday morning for a 2 percent tuition increase and a housing cost increase that ranges from $60 to $120 for the 2019-2020 term.

CDC: Suicides increased by more than 30 percent since 1999 in half the states

By Melissa Healy | Los Angeles Times | June 8

In a report that examines trends in suicide at the state level from 1999 to 2016, the CDC says suicide rates have increased in nearly every state.

Jasmeet Lamba, assistant professor in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Department of Biosystems Engineering, analyzes water samples as part of a three-year study to ensure poultry litter doesn’t become a source of excessive phosphorus in surface waters.

Auburn University leads study to limit phosphorous pollution

By Staff Report | June 7

Phosphorous-rich poultry litter is a big concern in Alabama and other states where the litter is used to fertilize fields. If the nutrient leaks into waterways, it can cause toxic algae blooms which can lead to deficient oxygen levels and destruction of life in the water.

Auburn Students practice a chant at LeaderShape. Contributed by Dawn Morgan.

Auburn students learn about goal setting, integrity at LeaderShape Institute

By Samantha Strunk | Staff Writer | June 3

Fifty-seven Auburn students and an additional number of faculty and staff boarded buses on Sunday, May 6, and headed to Berry College in Rome, Georgia to participate in LeaderShape.

Tiger Dining meal plan glitch fixed

By Elizabeth Hurley | Summer Editor | June 1

There was a glitch in the computer system Tiger Dining that had most students meal plans set as the on-campus $1,100 option.

Six female Fullbright Scholarship winners. Top from left: Hayley Carter, Amanda Darnell and Sarah Pitts. Bottom from left: Kayla Frey, Katie Kirk and Alyssa Patterson. Photos contributed by the Auburn University Office of Communications and Marketing.

Six female students receive Fulbright Scholarships — the most in University history

By Staff Report | May 29

The Fulbright Program, sponsored by the U.S. government is a flagship international educational exchange program.

Contributed by Eric Smith, director of Health Promotion and Wellness Services

Students can learn to act through Green Dot training

By Caroline Kruza | Lifestyle Writer | May 29

Families aim not to hurt each other, and through Auburn University’s Green Dot Training Program, Auburn is striving to be the healthiest family it can be.

Learn your Auburn lingo before fall

By Elizabeth Hurley | Campus Reporter | May 29

You’re now a member of the world-wide Auburn family. With that family comes a whole new lingo.

University arborist: The Auburn Oaks are doing well

By Lily Jackson | Managing Editor | May 25

The Auburn Oaks are flourishing once again. University Arborist Alex Hedgepath said the trees are doing well in spite of the many rollings they endured in the fall.

May 24

How to take advantage of Auburn's freebies this fall

By Ingrid Schnader | Photo Editor

Free gym classes, pizza parties and sports games will be coming to the Plains this fall

Toro Sushi now open in Student Center

By Elizabeth Hurley | Summer Editor | May 24

Toro Sushi is open now from 10:30 a.m.- 3 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Tiger Dining makes changes to dining hours, venues for summer

By Elizabeth Hurley | Summer Editor | May 24

Students taking classes on campus will see some changes to Tiger Dinning over the summer with the installation of new restaurants such as Stake n’ Shake and Wicked Eats in the student center.

Auburn University Bee Lab research technician Emily Muehlenfeld examines honey bees in a bee hive. The nation’s beekeepers lost 40 percent of their managed honey bee colonies between April 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018, an increase of almost 7 percentage points from the previous year’s total loss rate.

Beekeepers lost 40 percent of managed colonies over the last year

By Staff Report | May 24

The loss rate in recent years has been so high that beekeepers are now being forced to change their definition of an “acceptable” rate of loss.

Auburn named to Military Friendly School list with bronze ranking

By Lily Jackson | Managing Editor | May 21

Auburn University has exceeded standards in all categories of critique by Military Friendly, an organization that promotes veteran success, placing the University on the 2018-2019 Military Friendly list. Auburn is ranked bronze, meaning the University has programs that scored within 40 percent of the 10th-ranked institution within the given category. The list will be published in the May issue of the G.I.